Dr. Federico Pozzoli

My research focuses on gravitational-wave astrophysics and data analysis for the LISA mission, with particular emphasis on stochastic gravitational-wave backgrounds and compact binary populations. The dominant astrophysical noise in LISA arises from the incoherent superposition of white dwarf binaries in the Milky Way, whose complex properties—non-stationarity and non-Gaussianity—pose significant challenges for analysis. Properly modeling these features is essential not only to avoid biases in the detection of individual sources but also to extract information about the population and structure of our galaxy from gravitational-wave emission alone. To this end, I have worked on developing time-frequency and Bayesian inference methods to extract and characterize gravitational-wave signals. Additionally, I investigate how environmental factors impact astrophysical backgrounds and the prospects for detecting them with space-based detectors.

Publications
Here's a link to my publications from Spires.